Surrey
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| ROUND TRIP | 14.3 km (9 miles) |
| TERRAIN | Gravel paths and dyke, paved roads; flat |
| TRAFFIC VOLUME | Very low |
| ALLOW | 1 ½ to 2 ½ hours |
| HIGHLIGHTS | Shoreline views, waterfowl, shorebirds, raptors, Delta Heritage Airpark |
| PICNIC SPOT | Delta Heritage Airpark at 7.1 km |
| STARTING POINT | Mud Bay Park |
| HOW TO GET THERE | Mud Bay Park can only be reached from Colebrook Road. Leave Hwy 99 at exit 20 and drive east on Ladner Trunk Road (Hwy 10). After crossing Annacis Highway (Hwy 91) turn right on 120th Street. Turn left on New McLellan Road and right on 125A Street. Bear left onto Station Road, left on Colebrook Road, then right, across the railway tracks, on 127A Street. Follow the park access road left to its end at the gravel parking lot. |
| BY TRANSIT: There is no convenient transit option at this time. | |
| WHEN TO GO | May and June to see wildflowers along the dyke. |
| CONNECTS WITH | Boundary Bay |
On Delta South Surrey Greenway
IN SPITE of its uninviting name and circuitous approach, Surrey’s Mud Bay Park is popular with walkers, joggers and cyclists. Certainly it is a safe ride for rusty cyclists and families with young children; more ambitious riders can pedal the entire 16-kilometre dyke to Boundary Bay.
Two loop trails around the shoreline afford views of the tussocks and tidal channels of the shallow bay. Sandpipers probe the mudflats or soar and wheel above the water to confound a raiding falcon; with binoculars you might spot harbour seals hauled out on the sandbars where the Serpentine and Nicomekl Rivers empty into the eastern end of the bay. Note, though, that the shoreline trails are closed to cyclists from October 15 to April 15 to provide a quiet haven for over-wintering and migratory birds.
A further attraction to this trip around Mud Bay is the suggested picnic spot and turnaround point at Delta Heritage Airpark, home of the Boundary Bay Flying Club, and now part of Boundary Bay Regional Park. Here you can watch light planes take off or land while you eat your lunch. A coffee shop, run by volunteers, is usually open weekends; if there is no one around to serve you, you are welcome to fix yourself a coffee and leave your money on the counter. On the second Sunday of the month, the club hosts an egg and pancake breakfast.
For your return to Mud Bay Park, our route makes a foray into the farmland between the highway and the bay—a short loop on quiet roads before rejoining the dyke.
KM THE ROUTE
0.0 Mud Bay Park. Begin the loop trail from the southeast corner of the parking lot. Stay right along the shoreline.
1.2 Left on the main path.
1.4 Left on the second shoreline loop trail. Look for the giant cedar driftwood log on the left.
1.9 Left on the main path. After about 2 km, the path veers away from the highway and becomes the Delta South Surrey Greenway.
5.2 Foot of 112th Street. Continue on the dyke.
7.1 Foot of 104th Street. Delta Heritage Airpark. Picnic tables, coffee shop, toilet.
7.1 To return partway by paved roads, go north on 104th Street.
8.5 Right on Hornby Drive.
10.2 Right on 112th Street.
10.8 Left onto the dyke.
14.3 Mud Bay Park parking lot.